Depending on who you believe, Leonardo DiCaprio is either giving up acting for a year to get out of the limelight and find himself by being a Buddhist monk, or he's set to play a mass murderer. Rumours abound that he's lined up to play David Berkowitz, the notorious Son of Sam who left six people dead, one blind, one paralysed and seven badly wounded during a reign of terror in New York in the 70's. A source close to the pre-pubsescent faced star said, "Leo is desperate to do something different. He doesn't want to be typecast as a pretty boy." However, it's unsure whether the film would even be made. Berkowitz is still a hate figure, and one police officer involved in the original manhunt for Son of Sam is reported as saying, "They'll make this film over my dead body."
Di Caprio The Serial Killer
No typecasting for Leo
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